Yeah, that sin problem
It's 3:40am, and I'm tired, but I have stuff to do, which I'm obviously not doing, since I'm blogging.
I have just done something I ought not to have done, and in trying not to keep doing it I am blogging because blogging is the lesser of two evils, so to speak.
Over at Rick's blog the other day, there was some discussion of substituting negatives for positives. It made me think, because lately I've been asking God to help me hate sin as much as He hates sin. As one preacher said, "Sin is fun that's why we do it!" So I figured that if I could hate sin, then the major part of the battle would be over.
But that post, and the following one, where he says, "We'll never overcome sin by hating sin the starting point is to be exceedingly satisfied with God" these things made me re-think my, uh, 'strategy'. As I said in his comments section: "Perhaps I need to pray instead that God would help me to prize righteousness as He prizes righteousness."
Whatever. I just want to stop sinning. Why is that so hard?????
Don't give me the pat answers. I know I'm human. I know I have a "sinful nature". I know... oh, a lot of theological things. Romans chapter 7 helps a little. Not that much, but, well, I guess it reminds me that I'm not alone.
The thing is that moment by moment I have to make the decision to do the right thing. One slip, and wham! there I go down the slippery slope. But I don't WANT to be vigilant all the time. I'm lazy. Just once, I want to sit back and let somebody else make the decisions and bear the responsibilities. *rolls eyes*
And to think I always yearned to be all grown-up and able to do whatever I wanted. Humph. What's that they say? Be careful what you wish for...
Ok, back to the stuff that I was supposed to do in the first place. Ta!